In the exhibition hall of Beijing Enli Power Technology Co., Ltd., a silver white rectangular soft bag battery model of the size of half a paper towel is quietly placed. What kind of energy does this seemingly ordinary small battery contain?
"The energy density of this battery is 400 to 550Wh/kg. In the puncture test of the battery, it can achieve no fire, no explosion and no smoke. This battery can achieve normal charging and discharging between - 30 ℃ and 60 ℃." The relevant person in charge of the company told the reporter that the above battery has been exported to Japan to provide power for the high-altitude stratospheric UAV with a ceiling of about 20000 meters. "In the near future, the stratospheric high-altitude UAV equipped with this battery is expected to achieve more than one and a half years of stagnation time."
Beijing Enli Power Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2020. As a high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development and production of new generation batteries and core materials such as lithium metal batteries and solid-state batteries, the company aims at mobile electronics, electric vehicles, new energy storage and other fields, has an industrialization center in Beijing, and has research and development and production bases in the United States and Japan. At present, the company has achieved docking with more than 30 solid-state battery industry chain enterprises in Japan.
In August 2021, Beijing Enli Power Technology Co., Ltd. settled in the Beijing Sino-Japanese Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone in Daxing District, Beijing. This year, the company plans to build a new 2.2GWh production line. The above person in charge of the company told the reporter that the new production base will build a "vehicle level" flexible automation advanced battery production line. "This will help Enli Solid State Battery 1.0 series products to market as soon as possible, and will also help to build a leading production base for Enli Power Battery 1.0 to 3.0 series, providing strong support for the promotion of global capacity layout."
Up to now, Beijing Enli Power Technology Co., Ltd. has established China R&D headquarters, advanced battery material international innovation center and demonstration production line in the Sino-Japanese innovation cooperation demonstration zone in Beijing.
"It was the enthusiastic service of the staff of the Beijing Sino-Japanese Cooperation Demonstration Zone that attracted us. In terms of the site selection of the mass production base, the staff of the demonstration zone were urgent for the enterprise, and repeated organization and coordination effectively ensured the effective promotion of the mass production project." The company's above head said.
The Beijing Sino-Japanese Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone is located in the core area of Beijing's Nanzhong Road. It is only 18 kilometers away from the Tiananmen Square in the center of the city. It can reach Beijing Daxing International Airport in the south and overlook the sub-center of Beijing in the east. The demonstration area includes three areas of advanced intelligent manufacturing, innovative research and development, and living facilities, with a total area of 10 square kilometers. According to the plan, the permanent population here will reach about 37000 by 2035, the urban and rural construction land will reach about 8.7 square kilometers, and the industrial land scale will reach about 3.5 square kilometers. By then, the Beijing Sino-Japanese Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone will have built more than 2 million square meters of high-standard commercial office buildings and more than 3 million square meters of high-end R&D and production standard workshops.
In 2020, the Beijing Sino-Japan Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone was officially approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. "As the country's first international cooperation demonstration zone with the theme of innovation cooperation, this theme is also our responsibility and mission." Zhang Lei, deputy general manager of the platform company of the management committee of the demonstration zone, told reporters that the Beijing Sino-Japanese cooperation and innovation demonstration zone is an important carrier for the construction of Beijing's "two districts", and also one of the key projects of the city during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
According to the statistics released by the General Administration of Customs, in 2022, although Japan fell to the fifth largest trading partner of China, the bilateral trade volume between China and Japan was still as high as US $357.4 billion. According to the Reply of the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission on the Establishment of the Beijing Sino-Japan Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone, the completed Beijing Sino-Japan Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone will focus on creating a two-way open, fair, transparent and non-discriminatory innovation environment... leading the cooperation of start-ups in key cities between China and Japan, establishing an open and collaborative innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, and establishing a close and collaborative innovation and industrial chain cooperation model, We have carried out pioneering experiments in building an international innovation and entrepreneurship ecological environment, promoting the international protection of intellectual property rights, and promoting the connection with the international innovation system.
"In order to achieve this goal, we have formulated 46 key tasks and formulated a three-year action plan from the four levels of high-end international bilateral exchanges, technical international cooperation and innovation, industrial agglomeration and landing, and policy pilot. By the end of this year, this plan is expected to complete successfully," Zhang Lei said.
Nowadays, more and more enterprises are turning their eyes here. Up to now, more than 2000 new registered market entities have been registered in the Beijing Sino-Japanese Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone, bringing together 292 key projects and 69 foreign-funded enterprises. Among them, there are 1 world top 500 enterprise, 27 national high-tech enterprises, 11 specialized and special new enterprises, 2 national small giant enterprises, and 3 Beijing municipal small giant enterprises.
Itochu Corporation of Japan, founded in 1858, ranks 78th among the world's top 500 enterprises. On February 10, this year, Itochu Fiber (China) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Daxing District, Beijing, to establish an international research and development center for advanced materials in the Beijing Sino-Japanese Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone, focusing on the research and development of advanced fiber materials and industrial research and development platform. Sanmura Gang, chairman of Itochu Fiber (China) Co., Ltd. of Japan, said that in the future, the company will play its own industry-leading role, attract international innovation projects, and jointly build an international advanced intelligent manufacturing industry cluster with Beijing Sino-Japan Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone.
In addition to scientific and technological innovation enterprises, some enterprises that focus on business model innovation also shift their attention to future development here.
In March 2022, Beijing Ulan Zhishan Health Care Industry Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan Ulan Group International Industry Creation Co., Ltd., entered the Beijing Sino-Japan Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone. "The main reason for choosing this place is that the good development platform provides more opportunities for enterprises." Tian Yanchang, manager of the marketing department of Beijing Ulan Zhishan Health Industry Co., Ltd., told reporters, "The Beijing Sino-Japanese Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone not only provides enterprises with a good office and product exhibition space, but also actively coordinates financing for enterprises, and provides support for enterprises in terms of registration and settlement, import and export business."
In the exhibition hall on the first floor of the China-Japan Innovation and Cooperation Demonstration Zone in Beijing - from the cushioned waist care cushion that helps the elderly with mobility to easily stand up to the leak-free bath and shampoo that can be used in the room, from the foldable and weight-bearing multi-function manual walking moped to the portable electric sputum aspirator that provides medical assistance for the elderly at home - hundreds of various types of home-based elderly care equipment and supplies are dazzling, filled with a full-wall display rack.
As a new service enterprise integrating research and development, procurement, storage, display, experience and sales of care equipment, Beijing Ulan Zhishan Health Care Industry Co., Ltd. is currently developing a new set of care personnel service system. "The new system will help care industry practitioners in terms of settlement, training, certification, dispatch and other aspects to help build a complete health care industry ecosystem in China," Tian Yanchang said.
In the face of more and more enterprises entering, the construction of the demonstration zone is also accelerating. As of February this year, 67 international investment channels have been signed in the demonstration zone, and more than 40 Japanese local enterprises have been connected through the representative office of the demonstration zone in Tokyo. At the same time, the demonstration zone also actively cooperates with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the China Bureau of Foreign Languages and Cultural Affairs and other units to carry out overseas "investment attraction", actively prepares for investment attraction activities in Japan, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates and other countries and regions, further expands overseas investment channels, and attracts more international high-quality projects to land.
In January this year, accelerating the construction of the Sino-Japanese International Cooperation Industrial Park was officially included in the work report of the Beijing Municipal Government. "In the future, we will continue to promote the gathering of international scientific and technological innovation projects, vigorously attract international high-end talents, focus on the demands of enterprises to carry out policy and institutional innovation, accelerate the construction of high-end industry bearing space, and create a recognizable international innovation cooperation brand," Zhang Lei said.
